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A gunman shot and killed 21-year-old rapper Nick Blixky in Prospect Lefferts Gardens on May 10. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
SHOT IN THE STREET
East Flatbush rapper Nick Blixky shot to death at 21
BY TODD MAISEL
Up-and-coming rapper Nick
Blixky was shot to death on May
10 in Prospect Lefferts Gardens,
police said. He was 21.
Cops from the 71st Precinct
found the young rapper, whose
real name is Nickalus Thompson,
unconscious and unresponsive
with multiple gunshot
wounds to the chest and buttocks
on Winthrop Street by
Rogers Avenue at about 9:30 pm,
authorities said.
First responders rushed
Thompson to Kings County
Hospital, where he was pronounced
dead on arrival, offi -
cials said.
Investigators found seven
spent shell casings on the
ground where Thompson was
killed. The crime scene was still
marked off on Monday morning,
and police were searching
nearby security camera footage
to try to fi nd the killer.
Thompson, a Jamaican-
American rapper from East
Flatbush, was about to debut a
catalog of new music entitled,
“Different Timin,” to be released
on June 3.
Thompson has released singles
called “Drive the Boat,”
and “Change Gears,” in which
he raps about life on the city
streets and his relationships.
In an unrelated case, a
41-year-old man was found
stabbed to death in a Brighton
Beach home early Sunday
morning.
The victim, whom police
had not identifi ed by Monday
morning, was found dead inside
a building on Brighton
Third Street by police from the
60th Precinct. Emergency responders
pronounced him dead
at the scene.
Anyone with info in regards
to either homicide is asked to
call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for
Spanish, 888-57-PISTA. You can
also submit tips online at nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or on Twitter
@NYPDTips. All calls and
messages are kept confi dential.
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